"We just wrapped up 'Left Behind', and Bruce Straley, the game director, and I have been doing this for over four years now. So it's just time for a break, and to recharge the batteries," Druckmann explained.

"We have started brainstorming some stuff. To be honest, some of them are sequel ideas, and some of them are brand new IP - we've spent the last few weeks brainstorming new IP.

"So we have to get some good steps and see... It's kind of like how we approached 'Left Behind'."

Druckmann said that the creative process involves coming up with stories that are"really worth telling, and that's not repeating itself".

Elsewhere, Druckmann failed to rule out a potential Last of Us PS4 port.